On the 4th June 2013 this event brought together people from civil society and local government i
Communities across Europe taking ownership of local services and initiatives.
A project of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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Social Support
Senior Partner in School (SiS)
The idea of SiS is to train senior citizens as school mediators to help children and young people in schools, to resolve their conflicts without violence and to strengthen their personal and social
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‘Tell us your story’, Paris
‘Tell us your story’ (Raconte-nous ton histoire) is a local community organisation which uses film and media to empower young migrants.
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E-commerce, Rhône Alpes and La Bourgogne
This project established an innovative social enterprise to develop online opportunities for the local social economy in the Rhone Alpes and Burgundy regions.
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Universal Services
ATM – Associação Tempo de Mudar para o Desenvolvimento do Bairro dos Lóios (Association “Time for a Change” towards the development of Lóios)
ATM is a not-for-profit organization which was formed by residents and local entrepreneurs of Lóios, to work for the community’s best interests.
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ADC MOURA – Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Concelho de Moura (Association for the development of the municipality of Moura)
ADC MOURA is a community association based in the municipality of Moura, a rural region of southeast Portugal, which is historically poor and underdeveloped.
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Wiesbaden Stiftung (BSW) - Germany
The Wiesbaden Foundation (BSW) is a citizens foundation established in September 2003 at the request of individuals and non-profit associations and supported by the city as a Community Foundation o
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Aquatic Centre Le Razay
This project centres on free community access and direct engagement in the management of recreation facilities.
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Natural Resources
Cooperativa “Terra Chã” – Desenvolvimento Local, Artesanato e Serviços, (“Terra Chã” Cooperative – Local development, craftsmanship and services)
The Terra Chã cooperative’s main activities take place in and around the village of Chãos, which is located in the centre of Portugal (about 100 km to the north of Lisbon) in the municipality of Ri
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AVAal – Associação para a Valorização Ambiental da Alta de Lisboa (Association for the environmental improvement of Alta de Lisboa
AVAal is a non-profit organization founded in 2009, emerging out of the varied interests of people who met in Alta de Lisboa.
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The Co-operative “Elektrizitatswerke Schonau” (EWS)
The cooperative “Elektrizitätswerke Schönau” (EWS) runs the power grid in Schönau, Black Forest (Baden Württemberg), supplying nationwide more than 100,000 households, businesses and industrial ent
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